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System Requirements
- Platform: Windows 7
- Media: Software
- Item Quantity: 1
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Technical Details
- License quantity: 1 user(s)
- Minimum hard disk space: 20000 MB
- Minimum RAM: 2048 MB
- Minimum processor: 1.0 GHz
- Minimum system requirements: Direct X 9.0 +
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Product Description
Product Description
If you want more features than you currently have in your existing edition of Windows 7, you can upgrade to another edition using Windows Anytime Upgrade. Upgrades from Windows 7 Home Premium edition to Windows 7 Professional edition.
Windows Anytime Upgrade
Get more now. Move up to Windows 7 Professional.
Windows 7 Professional has everything you need for work and home. Run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode2 and keep important information safer with file encryption and automatic back-ups. Connect to business networks and move more easily between business and home networks. And with all the great entertainment features of Windows Home Premium, like Windows Media Center, it’s great for home as well as for business.Simplifies everyday tasks
- Improved desktop navigation features like Snap, Peek and Shake, make it easier to manage all of your open windows.
- Creating a home network has never been easier. You can even share files and printers with all the PCs with Windows 7 on the network.
- Find virtually anything on your PC--from documents to songs to email--just by typing a word or two with Windows Search.
Works the way you want
- Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
- Takes full advantage of the power and multi-tasking capabilities of the latest 64-bit PCs.
- Windows XP Mode gives you the business flexibility you need.
Makes new things possible
- Watch, pause, rewind and record TV with Windows Media Center.
- Includes integrated video and Dolby audio codecs.
* Requires either OEM pre-installation or post-purchase download of Windows XP Mode (which runs on Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate) and a virtualization technology such as Windows Virtual PC. Customers can download Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC free-of-charge from http://www.windows.com/business/downloads/ when available.
Windows 7 Professional. Everything you need for work and home.
With Windows 7 Professional, fewer walls stand between you and your success. You can run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode and recover data easily with automatic backups to your home or business network. You can also connect to company networks effortlessly and more securely with Domain Join. With all the exciting entertainment features of Windows Home Premium, it's a great choice for home and for business. Need to use multiple languages on your PC or help protect your data with enhanced BitLocker security? Get Windows 7 Ultimate. More work, more play, and more of everything in between. Click to enlarge. |
 Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows. Click to enlarge. |
 With Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen. Click to enlarge. |
 Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar. |
Simplifies everyday tasks
- Improved desktop navigation features like Snap, Peek and Shake, make it easier to manage all of your open windows.
- Creating a home network has never been easier. You can even share files and printers with all the PCs with Windows 7 on the network.
- Find virtually anything on your PC – from documents to songs to email – just by typing a word or two with Windows Search.
Works the way you want
- Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
- Takes full advantage of the power and multi-tasking capabilities of the latest 64-bit PCs.
Makes new things possible
- Watch, pause, rewind and record TV with Windows Media Center.
- Includes integrated video and Dolby audio codecs.
Simplifies Everyday Tasks
Simple to use
Preview
Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows.
Pin
Open files and get around your PC faster with the improved taskbar. You can easily pin programs you use often to the taskbar and launch them in just one click.
 Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop. Click to enlarge. |
 Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC right from the Start menu with Windows Search. Click to enlarge. |
Jump Lists
Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar.
Snap
Windows 7 has simple new ways to manage open windows. For example, with Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen.
Peek and Shake
Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop.
Windows Search
Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC, from documents to emails to songs, right from the Start menu, with Windows Search.
Easy to connect
 Setting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks. Click to enlarge. |
 Enjoy the photos, music, and videos on your home PC when you're away from home with remote media streaming. Click to enlarge. |
 Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use. Click to enlarge. |
Wireless setup
With Windows 7, setting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks, whether those networks are based on Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, dial-up, or corporate VPN.
HomeGroup
Connect Windows 7 PCs on a home network in just four clicks and easily get to the photos, music, and files on each one--even share printers--with HomeGroup.
Easy to browse the web
Internet Explorer 8
Visual search helps you quickly find the information you want by adding visual cues and previews to search results from top search providers including Live Search, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Amazon, and others.
Internet Explorer 8
Use Web slices to conveniently keep up with changes on frequently updated websites, like eBay auctions or traffic sites, directly from the IE8 toolbar.
Easy to communicate and share
Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live Photo Gallery makes share your photos to your favorite photo site easy.
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail makes managing multiple email accounts easy.
Windows Live Family Safety
Keep your child safe by managing what sites they can visit and who they can send/receive emails and im communications from.
Note: Windows Live components need to be downloaded separately.
Works The Way You Want
Faster and More Reliable
Resume from sleep
We designed Windows 7 to help PCs sleep and resume from sleep more quickly by improving the way Windows 7 manages drivers, programs, and power.
Faster and more reliable
We reduced the amount of memory your PC needs for open windows and to execute commands to help it be more responsive to commands.
Fewer clicks and less interruptions
Makes New Things Possible
Windows Media CenterWatch shows for free when and where you want with Internet TV.
DirectX 11
DirectX 11 technology delivers breathtaking game graphics so real, it's unreal.
New ways to engage
Windows Touch
Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use.
Work anywhere
Location Aware Printing
Windows 7 will automatically pick the right printer for you when you move from home to work networks.
Work anywhere with less effort.
- Get connected in three clicks wherever there's a wireless network connection.
- Keep documents on your PC and on network servers in sync automatically.
- Your PC will automatically use the printer you prefer for whatever network you're on.
- Simplify making presentations special settings that keep your PC from sleeping and turn off messages, notifications, and screen savers.
- Instantly locate virtually any file, email, or document on your PC just by typing a word or two.
- Get around your PC faster with the improved taskbar.
- Open programs you use regularly in one click and files you use regularly in just two.
- Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows.
- Manage multiple email accounts, including Hotmail, Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo! Mail Plus, all in one place with one simple program.
- Get to the files, photos, and music on any PC with Windows 7 in the house from any other.
- Print to any printer in the house from any PC with Windows 7 in the house.
Safeguard your hard work.
- Advanced Backup and Restore makes it easier to keep your work safely backed up to external or network drives and accessible if you need it.
- File encryption helps keep proprietary and confidential information on a PC secure if it is lost or stolen.
- Preserve your investment in programs designed for Windows XP with Windows XP Mode.
- Windows Internet Explorer 8 helps keep your PC safer from malware and you safer from fraudulent websites designed to fool you into divulging private information.
- Easily add your PC to a secured, managed, network with domain join capabilities.
- Group policy controls help administrators more easily and effectively manage the security and configuration of multiple PCs.
Product Description
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
117 of 121 people found the following review helpful
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Dear All,
I recently purchased a new Toshiba laptop after annoying the sales staff with several visits and much debate and much research. The reason for my care in the selection process is that I have a number of very expensive program suites that only currently run on XP Pro and I had to be absolutely certain that I could continue to use them.
The Toshiba shipped with Windows 7 Premium 64 bit. I purchased the anytime upgrade from Amazon. The installtion of the upgrade was successful. It then transpired that in order to utilize the XP Mode you have to down load The Windows 7 XP Mode and The Windows 7 Virtual PC and The Windows XP Mode update.
The Windows 7 systen then proceeds to tell you that these facilities will only work if your processor has Hardware Assisted Virtualisation capability and this has been switched on in the Bios.
Needless to say The Toshiba DOES NOT have this capability - seemingly rendering the software purchased completely useless.
This issue was raised with Microsoft and Toshiba and had a 3 hour telephone conference with them. It was found that is NOT an absolute requirement to have a HAV capable processor it is however desireable. As far as I understand it once you have completed the 3 steps indicated on the MS web page the key is return to stage 1 and down load and install the Windows 7 XP mode again. Unfortunately this is not mentioned anywhere.
At last - very grey and distressed and at least a billion brian cells later - we have software that appears to be functioning.
I think that the upgrade is extremely poorly marketed. There is no hint that these problems can arise from any of the online marketing information supplied. When talking with the various help desks even the manufacturers help desk they have no idea what you are talking about when Hardware Assisted Virtualisation is mentioned.
I am sure that there will be numerous other laptops and pc's out there that are not Hardware Assisted Virtualisation compatible yet there is absolutely no mention what so ever of this on the packaging or in the blurb for the anytime upgrade. Can I suggest that potential users download the Hardware Assisted Virtualisation Detection tool from the Microsoft Web site
they will then know if this upgrade is going to work without issue. Obviously they can still use the upgrade but as in my experience they may well find that they have work quite hard to make it happen.
Hope this review helps others avoid the problem.
I recently purchased a new Toshiba laptop after annoying the sales staff with several visits and much debate and much research. The reason for my care in the selection process is that I have a number of very expensive program suites that only currently run on XP Pro and I had to be absolutely certain that I could continue to use them.
The Toshiba shipped with Windows 7 Premium 64 bit. I purchased the anytime upgrade from Amazon. The installtion of the upgrade was successful. It then transpired that in order to utilize the XP Mode you have to down load The Windows 7 XP Mode and The Windows 7 Virtual PC and The Windows XP Mode update.
The Windows 7 systen then proceeds to tell you that these facilities will only work if your processor has Hardware Assisted Virtualisation capability and this has been switched on in the Bios.
Needless to say The Toshiba DOES NOT have this capability - seemingly rendering the software purchased completely useless.
This issue was raised with Microsoft and Toshiba and had a 3 hour telephone conference with them. It was found that is NOT an absolute requirement to have a HAV capable processor it is however desireable. As far as I understand it once you have completed the 3 steps indicated on the MS web page the key is return to stage 1 and down load and install the Windows 7 XP mode again. Unfortunately this is not mentioned anywhere.
At last - very grey and distressed and at least a billion brian cells later - we have software that appears to be functioning.
I think that the upgrade is extremely poorly marketed. There is no hint that these problems can arise from any of the online marketing information supplied. When talking with the various help desks even the manufacturers help desk they have no idea what you are talking about when Hardware Assisted Virtualisation is mentioned.
I am sure that there will be numerous other laptops and pc's out there that are not Hardware Assisted Virtualisation compatible yet there is absolutely no mention what so ever of this on the packaging or in the blurb for the anytime upgrade. Can I suggest that potential users download the Hardware Assisted Virtualisation Detection tool from the Microsoft Web site
they will then know if this upgrade is going to work without issue. Obviously they can still use the upgrade but as in my experience they may well find that they have work quite hard to make it happen.
Hope this review helps others avoid the problem.
36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
When my old laptop died a blue screen death back in November (2010 in case the review is here for a couple years), I had already done the research about the different versions of Windows 7 and already knew about the WXP module and assumed it would be readily available if I needed it, providing I had a computer with 4gB RAM to run it on.
I got the right RAM size from the start which saved a lot of problems but it does make me wonder how many people got it wrong or not know they bought their computers, especially laptops, under spec and have to get their computer memory changed. Again, an added expense that you might not have expected.
However, practically all new computers come with Windows 7 Premiere and to use the WXP Module you need Windows 7 Pro update first which is an added expense. However, when you balance out the cost of replacing old software whose only fault is running on 32 bit computers or on an earlier Windows that its compatability adjustment won't make it work and much early software isn't available anymore then the cost of the upgrade is put into perspective. Amazon when I was looking for the best price had the best price and half of normal retail.
What you are actually buying is a key that will allow you to download the W7 Pro upgrade. Once that's done, you can download the WXP module off their site.
As I've been discussing the WXP module, let's give some detail about that for the newcomers.
If anything, installing this was also the first time I encountered a problem. You're presented with three files to load in order and after doing it, there was a day fretting between other chores when it kept asking for something that didn't appear to turn on. I also have a mantra that if I have a problem then others have had before me, so look for solutions first. If in doubt, re-install. Oddly, it only took a re-installation of the WXP Module to put things right. Knowing that might save you some phone calls and a quick remedy you can do yourself.
Suddenly, up popped the WXP Module which resembles the original Windows XP and you can happily install anything that wouldn't run in W7 and IT WORKS!!! I even got a few games that I couldn't even run on Vista working. I've still got to find a patch for `System Shock II' to work properly but that's a minor problem now not a major one I had previously. The real purpose was to run old software like the SF Encyclopaedia and even Cinemedia'96. You can also leave it in the background and go back and work on W7 so flipping between the two Windows is very easy. About the only thing I have that didn't work in either Windows was Britannica 2006 but as the 2010 version didn't cost that much, it seemed cheap compared to what I would had to have done to get the extra RAM.
Overall, despite its extra price to upgrade to W7 Pro, the overall savings in buying new software of over-relying on the Net for everything evens out the cost. I'm not sure what other differences there are between the two versions of W7. I wasn't using Premiere for more than a week and Pro ever since. Whichever, a lot of it was just tweaking to something easier to recognise and remembering that 'Computer' is the new name for 'Windows Explorer' and its a lot easier to anchor it on the menu bar.
Let's hope in future that Microsoft will remember that the abiity to use earlier programs should be included with any of its operating systems and not purely as an extra. In the meantime, hope the info here can help other people.
I got the right RAM size from the start which saved a lot of problems but it does make me wonder how many people got it wrong or not know they bought their computers, especially laptops, under spec and have to get their computer memory changed. Again, an added expense that you might not have expected.
However, practically all new computers come with Windows 7 Premiere and to use the WXP Module you need Windows 7 Pro update first which is an added expense. However, when you balance out the cost of replacing old software whose only fault is running on 32 bit computers or on an earlier Windows that its compatability adjustment won't make it work and much early software isn't available anymore then the cost of the upgrade is put into perspective. Amazon when I was looking for the best price had the best price and half of normal retail.
What you are actually buying is a key that will allow you to download the W7 Pro upgrade. Once that's done, you can download the WXP module off their site.
As I've been discussing the WXP module, let's give some detail about that for the newcomers.
If anything, installing this was also the first time I encountered a problem. You're presented with three files to load in order and after doing it, there was a day fretting between other chores when it kept asking for something that didn't appear to turn on. I also have a mantra that if I have a problem then others have had before me, so look for solutions first. If in doubt, re-install. Oddly, it only took a re-installation of the WXP Module to put things right. Knowing that might save you some phone calls and a quick remedy you can do yourself.
Suddenly, up popped the WXP Module which resembles the original Windows XP and you can happily install anything that wouldn't run in W7 and IT WORKS!!! I even got a few games that I couldn't even run on Vista working. I've still got to find a patch for `System Shock II' to work properly but that's a minor problem now not a major one I had previously. The real purpose was to run old software like the SF Encyclopaedia and even Cinemedia'96. You can also leave it in the background and go back and work on W7 so flipping between the two Windows is very easy. About the only thing I have that didn't work in either Windows was Britannica 2006 but as the 2010 version didn't cost that much, it seemed cheap compared to what I would had to have done to get the extra RAM.
Overall, despite its extra price to upgrade to W7 Pro, the overall savings in buying new software of over-relying on the Net for everything evens out the cost. I'm not sure what other differences there are between the two versions of W7. I wasn't using Premiere for more than a week and Pro ever since. Whichever, a lot of it was just tweaking to something easier to recognise and remembering that 'Computer' is the new name for 'Windows Explorer' and its a lot easier to anchor it on the menu bar.
Let's hope in future that Microsoft will remember that the abiity to use earlier programs should be included with any of its operating systems and not purely as an extra. In the meantime, hope the info here can help other people.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
I bought this product to upgrade an HP computer from Home Premium 64 Bit to Pro 64 Bit. Sounds simple? It ought to be on a brand new computer with nothing on it.
The instructions are rubbish. The product goes through the motions of upgrading but fails at the last minute with a very unhelpful message of "Anytime Upgrade was not successful". No reason, nothing! Try it again and it becomes an invalid key. Rebooted the computer and it went through the upgrade booting back into Windows Pro like it should have done. No message - nothing! Do I know what is going on? No. Do I trust it? No. Because something didn't finish properly.
Thinking I did something wrong, I went through a System Restore and reinstall of OS from Home Premium all over again with the same exact result.
It has installed Windows XP Virtual Machine so it passes authentication as Windows Pro. But I have not tried connnecting it to a domain yet. That is the real test. Anything ever go wrong with this machine, it will on the back of my mind that this did not complete properly. That is not nice to live with on a brand new machine.
It cant be the machine if people are reporting the same problem on Toshiba, Dell and me with HP.
The instructions are rubbish. The product goes through the motions of upgrading but fails at the last minute with a very unhelpful message of "Anytime Upgrade was not successful". No reason, nothing! Try it again and it becomes an invalid key. Rebooted the computer and it went through the upgrade booting back into Windows Pro like it should have done. No message - nothing! Do I know what is going on? No. Do I trust it? No. Because something didn't finish properly.
Thinking I did something wrong, I went through a System Restore and reinstall of OS from Home Premium all over again with the same exact result.
It has installed Windows XP Virtual Machine so it passes authentication as Windows Pro. But I have not tried connnecting it to a domain yet. That is the real test. Anything ever go wrong with this machine, it will on the back of my mind that this did not complete properly. That is not nice to live with on a brand new machine.
It cant be the machine if people are reporting the same problem on Toshiba, Dell and me with HP.
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